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Current and planned:

I have this. Nice disc, but my only quibble is that it features the trademark Richard Alderson / Prestige engineering, whereby the piano (other instruments are fine) sounds as if it was recorded underwater.

I made that obvious call early in March. Working conditions at meat/poultry plants have been frequently chronicled over the years in all forms of media. Politics precludes any further comment.

Sorry to bore you with this s**t, but it's gotten truly ridiculous. On the second go-round in Jersey City, it was sent to Denver ???!!!. The destination is Upstate NY, nearest hub Albany. Good thing it's a reputable seller (Squidco via Discogs). I'm expecting to have to request a refund. But it only stayed in JC for a few hours this time - last time they kept it a week! April 24, 2020, 5:05 pm Arrived at USPS Regional Facility DENVER CO NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER Your item arrived at our USPS facility in DENVER CO NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER on April 24, 2020 at 5:05 pm. The item is currently in transit to the destination. April 24, 2020, 9:35 am Arrived at USPS Regional Facility JERSEY CITY NJ NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER April 23, 2020 In Transit to Next Facility April 22, 2020, 4:16 pm Departed USPS Regional Facility GREENSBORO NC NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER April 22, 2020, 2:22 pm Arrived at USPS Regional Facility GREENSBORO NC NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER April 20, 2020, 12:18 am Departed USPS Regional Facility JERSEY CITY NJ NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER April 13, 2020, 2:05 am Arrived at USPS Regional Facility JERSEY CITY NJ NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER April 11, 2020, 10:30 am Departed USPS Regional Facility GREENSBORO NC NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER April 11, 2020, 9:10 am Arrived at USPS Regional Facility GREENSBORO NC NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER

Update on my shambolic delivery: in 13 days it's nonsensically cycled between Greensboro NC and Jersey City. At least my UPS office supply order arrived after 8 days. Comical USPS details: April 24, 2020, 9:35 am Arrived at USPS Regional Facility JERSEY CITY NJ NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER Your item arrived at our USPS facility in JERSEY CITY NJ NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER on April 24, 2020 at 9:35 am. The item is currently in transit to the destination. April 23, 2020 In Transit to Next Facility April 22, 2020, 4:16 pm Departed USPS Regional Facility GREENSBORO NC NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER April 22, 2020, 2:22 pm Arrived at USPS Regional Facility GREENSBORO NC NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER April 20, 2020, 12:18 am Departed USPS Regional Facility JERSEY CITY NJ NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER April 13, 2020, 2:05 am Arrived at USPS Regional Facility JERSEY CITY NJ NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER April 11, 2020, 10:30 am Departed USPS Regional Facility GREENSBORO NC NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER April 11, 2020, 9:10 am Arrived at USPS Regional Facility GREENSBORO NC NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER

Don't assume UPS/Fedex will be great. I placed a small Staples order from work for office supplies. Pre-COVID, it would have arrived via UPS one day later. It now will be at least 8 days (each day the ETA gets pushed back a day). But I'm sure they will outperform USPS.

Damn. You are correct. Apologies, I shouldn't have started the thread.

Here's a good one. Package stayed in Jersey City for a week. Instead of proceeding North (I'm in upstate NY), it was then sent back whence it originated in NC. April 22, 2020, 2:22 pm Arrived at USPS Regional Facility GREENSBORO NC NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER Your item arrived at our USPS facility in GREENSBORO NC NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER on April 22, 2020 at 2:22 pm. The item is currently in transit to the destination. April 22, 2020 In Transit to Next Facility April 20, 2020, 12:18 am Departed USPS Regional Facility JERSEY CITY NJ NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER April 13, 2020, 2:05 am Arrived at USPS Regional Facility JERSEY CITY NJ NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER April 11, 2020, 10:30 am Departed USPS Regional Facility GREENSBORO NC NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER April 11, 2020, 9:10 am Arrived at USPS Regional Facility GREENSBORO NC NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER

https://www.dustygroove.com/coming-soon/jazz Dusty Groove is in Chicago. If you're in Poland, it might be more effective to order directly from Japan (the reissue is Japanese). I don't know enough about Japanese vendors to recommend one, though.

This is on DG's "coming soon" page: Live At The Jazz Showcase In Chicago Vol 1 CD (Item 946122) Enja/Ultra Vybe (Japan), 1981 — Condition: New Copy About April 22, 2020

PM sent on Odean Pope Locked & Loaded Half Note $4

Beautiful photos, many thanks! I was hoping to attend, but at the time of the show (I'm 62 y.o.) had already started to avoid public gatherings.

Thanks. Really enjoyed this BFT. Recognized the early Sun Ra track, got the late one after generous hints, blew the middle (M. Allen) one but had never heard it before. The rest of the music was good but no chance of identification. Perhaps I should have recognized Braxton's playing, but oh well...

It is. Reissue/repackaging of previous releases (rather than new project), but well put together with beautiful illustrated hard-cover book. I'm no expert on the music, but performances sound good and critical notices were positive. I like Pierre Hantaï and was planning to get his 3-disc Scarlatti compilation when it went oop and disappeared. Have been waiting to find a copy. [Added - just found a couple, but am on purchasing hiatus for now....]

Discs 4, 5, 6 - Binchois/Ockeghem, Ockeghem, Josquin/Compere/Brumel/de la Rue Yesterday: Late sonatas discs 7-9 +

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-champions-league-match-a-biological-bomb-that-infected-bergamo-experts-say-11963905

I really enjoy this quartet cycle. Above is the recording I own and only one I've heard. Interesting...once considered buying this set but passed because it's just too big and I'd never listen to it all.

Next week's Metropolitan Opera nightly streaming is all-Wagner, incl. a Ring cycle Tues-Fri (!). Others will be Tristan, Meistersinger and Tannhäuser.

I originally posted notice of the Metropolitan Opera free stream that I obtained from other sources. FYI, I heard that there were glitches with the opening night (3/16) of the stream. Might not be smooth for a while.

Interesting British academic paper that is claimed to have influenced policy: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/medicine/sph/ide/gida-fellowships/Imperial-College-COVID19-NPI-modelling-16-03-2020.pdf Sadly, the USA is probably too intellectually backward to include such discussions in public dialogue or policy deliberations (good grief, look at all the non-Anglo-Saxon names in the list of co-authors - it's gotta be some kind of foreign conspiracy).

FYI. Politicize this (or not) as you see fit. If you don't believe me, delete the post and sayonara. My brother is a doctor in a major city (3d largest in the state) in upstate NY. This is what he said in personal e-mail today: [in reply to "How's it going?"]: Crazy. Not a lot of cases yet but uncertainty and anxiety. The sad thing is that this illustrates how messed up our health care system is. The outfit that supplies our hospital with all personal protective gear was, until a few weeks ago, getting all of the materials from factories in Wuhan China. We have not gotten any of the results of the 250+ COVID tests and have just gotten the capacity to run the tests here today and capacity will only be about 100 a day. The hospital and country are running out of gloves, masks and goggles. Not a good scene. [in reply to "Damn"]: I'm not worried personally but we are so poorly prepared for something like this. Running out of gloves and masks in the US in 2020!

I was surprised by the graciousness and reasonable nature of the offer, given the Met's customary haughty behavior. In upstate NY, current Met simulcasts in cinemas and concert venues have cost significant $ to attend.

We should be thankful there are any Federal Govt. doctors and epidemiologists left. I assumed most had been laid off and "replaced" by a handful of ex-pharmaceutical industry lobbyists. That's been the recently prevailing "business model" for US Federal agencies.